Question

Dear Sir,

Just over six months ago, I saw an advertisement in the Morning Mail for a set of the complete works of William Shakespeare．Your company, Cosmo books Ltd , offered this set （ eight books of plays and two books of poetry） at a “remarkable” price: fifteen pounds and fifty pence, including postage and packing． I had wanted a set of Shakespeare's plays and poems for some time, and these books looked particularly attractive, so I sent for them．

Two weeks later, the books arrived, together with a set of works of Charles Dickens which I had not ordered．So I returned the Dickens books to you, with a cheque for fifteen pounds and fifty pence for the works of Shakespeare．Two more weeks passed．Then there arrived on my door step a second set of the works of Shakespeare, the same set of novels by Dickens and a six book set of the plays of Moliere, in French．Since I do not read French, these were of no use to me at all．However, I could not afford to post all these books back to you, so I wrote to you right away instructing you to come and collect all the books that I did not want, and asking you not to send any other books until further notice．

You did not reply to that letter. Instead you sent me a bill for forty two pounds, and a set of the plays of Schiller, in German．Since then, a new set of books has arrived every two weeks, the works of Goethe, the poems of Milton, the plays of Strindberg; I hardly know what I have．The books are still all in their boxes, in the garage, and my car has to stand in the rain outside．

Please send no more books, send no more bills, send no more angry letters demanding payment．Just send one large lorry and take all the books away, leaving me only with the one set of the complete works of Shakespeare for which I have paid．

Yours faithfully,

SIMON WALKER

1.Simon Walker's main purpose of writing the letter is to              .

A．show his anger to Cosmo Books Ltd．

B．a(chǎn)rgue about sending him books he had not ordered

C．a(chǎn)dvise readers not to order books from Cosmo Books Ltd．

D．urge Cosmo Books Ltd. to take away the books he had not ordered

2.The advertisement that Mr. Walker saw in the Morning Mail was for          .

A．unlimited number of Cosmo Books

B．a(chǎn) set of 10 books of the works of Shakespeare

C．fifteen pounds and fifty pence

D．a(chǎn) book containing all the plays and poems of Shakespeare

3.It can be inferred that            .

A．Mr. Walker took some action after receiving the books he did not order

B．several sets of books have been sent to Mr. Walker free of charge

C．Cosmo Books have sent bills for books that they have not sent

D．Mr. Walker hasn't received the books that he ordered

4.The tone（語氣）of the letter is that of              .

A．bitterness                             B．respect

C．a(chǎn)nnoyance                            D．humor

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.D

2.B

3.A

4.C        

【解析】

試題分析：這篇文章是一封投訴信，作者訂了一套莎士比亞的作品集，但是送來的還有其他不需要的書，給作者帶來很多困擾。

1.細節(jié)題：從第二段的句子：so I wrote to you right away instructing you to come and collect all the books that I did not want, and asking you not to send any other books until further notice．可知Simon Walker寫這封信是讓Cosmo Books Ltd.來把他沒有訂的書拿走。選D

2.細節(jié)題：從第一段的句子：I saw an advertisement in the Morning Mail for a set of the complete works of William Shakespeare．可知廣告是莎士比亞的作品集，選B

3.細節(jié)題：從第二段的句子：So I returned the Dickens books to you, with a cheque for fifteen pounds and fifty pence for the works of Shakespeare．可知作者對沒有預(yù)定的書采取過措施。選A

4.寫作態(tài)度題：這篇文章是一封投訴信，作者訂了一套莎士比亞的作品集，但是送來的還有其他不需要的書，給作者帶來很多困擾，字里行間看出作者是很生氣的。選C 

考點：考查日常生活類短文

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